Thermaltake Mobile Fan II External USB Cooling Fan - Us
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Customer Review: A reliable coolant for the PS3
Summary: 5 Stars
I was looking for something, which could keep my PS3 cool, such as an intercooler. However, many got bad reviews. Somehow, I stumbled across this device, while searching. Due to the good reviews, I decided to try this fan, especially for the price. When I received it, I could not believe how small the fan actually was. This little fan does the job, though. Many reviewers talk about the fan's noise, and the fact it does not have an off switch. Well, I do not have a problem with that. In fact, I like the fact I do not have to manually turn the fan off. When I turn my PS3 on, the fan turns on. When I turn the game off, the fan goes off. I don't have to do anything. Isn't that what we all want? We want it to cool, while in operation of the device. The noise is not that bad in my opinion. In fact, my old PS3's fan made a lot more noise. It was hard to hear my television clearly. I can have this fan on the highest setting, and it is not noticeably loud.
Cooling places:
I saw various reviewers, who suggested various positions on where to place the fan around the PS3 for efficient cooling. At first, I placed the fan directly to the back of the PS3. Unfortunately, the hot air of the PS3 was clashing with the fan's cool air. That defeats the whole purpose. Well, I found other positions to place the fan around the PS3, which can cool the PS3 more efficiently. First, place fan closely to the front right side of the system, which has vents directly under the HDD. Therefore, the fan will blow cool air directly through the system. The other position is to place the fan closely to the right side of the PS3. Though the fan is aiming at the body of the PS3, I noticed how cool it made the whole system, as well.
This fan is definitely a good buy, especially for the price. I also believe this fan will prolong the life of my new PS3. Too bad, I could not say the same for my last PS3, which fell to the infamous YLOD, despite keeping it in an open space.
Customer Review: Very nice cooling unit for both the computer and me when it's hot.
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this product last week and it came pretty quickly. First thing i have to say is I like the fact that the fan speed can be controlled by a knob. Rather than only choosing between Hi, Lo, and Off, it stays on as long as the computer is on, but the knob allows you to set the speed you want it at (at least until it's at the max speed).
It's very quiet at the lowest setting to the point that unless there's absolute sound, I can't even hear it. So if you live in a city, the suburbs, or just have your window open, the fan's noise will already be drowned out.
At the highest setting, it runs just a little louder than my laptop when my laptop fans run (I own a vaio vgnfj170).
The retractable wire is nice. No wire-tangles. I bent the stands a little bit to direct the airflow downward.
My suggestion: If your laptop sucks air in from the bottom and exhausts it out the side or back, make a stand for your laptop and set your laptop on top of it(I used 4 erasers, one at each corner) and somehow angle the fan downward a bit. The airflow will definitely cool the bottom as well as provide easier airflow to the fan's computer should it be needed.
My laptop fan hasn't started up since I've used this item and I like it.
I'll have to admit though that the next day, the fan started making a vibrating sound. I fixed it a bit by just taking a chopstick and pressing lightly on the back of teh fan and it's quite now.
Customer Review: Awesome for PS3, XBOX 360, PC, AV equipment cooling!
Summary: 5 Stars
Both my PS3 and XBOX 360 have a pair of these each: One assisting with the 'heat exhaust' in the back of the units (helping to blow air OUT and away from the consoles) and one blowing towards the 'air intake' vents' and back. The hot air comes out noticeably faster out the exhausts of both consoles.
I've only tried the Pelican Air Flo for the PS3 (and heard the horror stories of Nyko intercoolers for XBOX 360),but that alone was horrible. Tried two units bc the fan didn't turn on (supposed to start automatically when it senses heat) and both failed! Stay away from these after market fans and get the Thermaltake Mobile Fan II!
TWO CONS: not as aesthetically pleasing (This might turn some people off, but I don't care about the aesthetics bc it does the job awesome) and with the XBox 360, it doesn't power down with the console. I have an older 10/06 Xbox and and Elite, and its the same with both. (The USB outputs still feed power after powerdown...ie to charge controllers via cable) With PS3, it starts up and powers down with the console perfectly!
Now if only someone could recommend a good powered USB hub that can work without being hooked up to a PC or console. We could alleviate hooking these up to consoles/laptops altogether and put that USB Hub AC Adapter on a X10 adapter for wireless action! Any suggestions?
Customer Review: Until now, I used a pizza rack to keep my laptop cool. This fan is awesome.
Summary: 5 Stars
First off, I'm no computer expert. However I have been using computers on and off for the last two decades, and I've seen a wide spectrum of hardware quality. When a PC product is "external" you expect it to have quality casing and look half decent sitting on your desk. And when it's "USB" powered, you want it to be a valuable use of your precious few USB ports, not a useless add-on.
So it looks OK and it's worth a USB port. But does it do it's job?
Yes. I own a "gaming laptop" which I adore because it reminds me of when I used to have time to play video games. Still, my Dell XPS Gen II laptop gets hot enough to make your hands sweat (especially in the upper right quadrant of the keyboard over the graphics card), and just generally make you feel like you're in a poorly air conditioned Internet cafe... on the other side of the world. Yes, it can heat up an entire room.
The Thermaltake Mobile Fan II keeps a quiet stream of cool air circulating over the keyboard, and surprisingly, the tops of the keys are cool to the touch.
For what it is... a tough little PC fan coughed-up outside of a desktop case, it looks and performs great.
I don't hand out 5 star reviews often, but at this price point I couldn't help myself. If you've got a hot laptop like me, go for it.
Customer Review: Any conventional fan that can knock 30 degrees off my hard drive is OK in my book.
Summary: 5 Stars
I put together an external disk and enclosure for use as a "Time Machine" back-up drive, for my Mac Pro.
As the external drive enclosure lacks a fan, the hard drive - at idle - ran at about 104F. Peak temps reached 112F+ when doing lengthy backups; and, this is with an ambient room temp of only about 76F. I imagine that it would get much worse when Chicago's hot August rolls around.
Placing this Thermaltake fan (approximately)two inches in front of the drive enclosure (the enclosure has an open grill, "cheese grader" like face, like the Mac Pro), has easily dropped the drive's temp to 92 degrees at idle; and this is with the fan set just slightly above it's lowest RPM. Out of curiosity, I left the fan at full RPM, for an hour or so, and it dropped the drive's temp to 85F.
Even though I don't have an immediate use for them, I may just pick up a few more for the future. Remember; aside from moisture, heat is an electronic device's worst enemy.
CONS (for the picky): The fan is *barely* audible, except at it's highest speeds. However, if the fan speed is set at it's lowest RPM, there is a very very slight high pitched whine that you can only hear if you're listening for it. Though, maybe that's just a defect unique to mine.
Cheers